Why there is no perfection?

1/10/2013 Tuesday

I am a final year student teacher of Paro College of Education. My councilor says that I am an extrovert feeling person in a case of personality. It was not wrong for him to point that since I got a range of interest which would lead me to be a successful person in the future. I enjoy working with the crowd to share whatever I know to my mates. Forget about the college activities, I used to be present in any kind of activities organized by any social worker. My aim is to become a film maker to make a change in a society.  I also like to be a social worker to uphold the GNH values and principals in our peaceful and incredible nation.

Since I was regular and active participant in any kind of activities, I was invited to give a thought provoking conference on health and sanitation, funded by UNFPA in youth center, Paro. The pre- planning works went according to the schedule and the number of days came lesser and lesser. Since I make myself engage in college activities, I checked the college calendar for the upcoming program on 28/9/2013. It was a good day for me since there was no program reflected on that day.

On 26/09/2013, while I was going home after the college hours, I saw a banner “fun with language” screened on the lanes of the learning center of our college. I quickly scanned to the milestone and found that it was such a coincidence. I was in dilemma, which one to escape. To cancel the program in the youth would be so inconvenient since we invited all the guest and participants. I thought for a sometime and decided to escape the college program with a written permission from the concerned authority.   

Four of us gathered together and wrote an application requesting for a leave on that day, describing all the bit and pieces of the reasons behind which made us to escape the college program. On 27^th of September, the dean of academic affairs approved us with the hope that we would bring about a change in a society. We were so happy that no words in the entire English vocabulary could describe it. The following day was a great day for four of us since we are initiating this kind of activity for the first time in our lives. I woke up early in the morning, played a football match and got dressed smartly. I looked in the mirror and gave a big smile to myself which indicates luck for me.

We went to the youth center and at around 10: AM in the morning, I greeted the participants with a session on STI’s. I got engaged and honored to be the focal person to all the participants. After the quick group discussion, we were warmed with a cup of tea and delicious momo (Tibetan snack). After the tea, I bit farewell to my friends and went to Thimphu for another program that I am participating. When the dust took the turn to share the responsibility, I was lying on the bed with a bunch of satisfaction from the program.

On Monday, 30^th of September, there was a announcement from the Director general of our college, saying that all the student teacher who could not make to Saturday’s program are asked to meet him during lunch break. I was feeling ease because we did not make it but we had an approval from the authority of the college. I saw my friends marching towards director’s office with an uneasy thoughts running through their nerves.

On Tuesday, 1^st of October, 2013, there was a call from the class coordinator messaging us to meet the Director. Still then, I was not a problem for me since everything was arranged. I went to the director and said with a humble request, “Sir, I went to the youth center to organize a program”. As soon as our director heard it, he got annoyed and scolded me for half an hour, which I think do not deserve. I was trying to explain but it was of no use. Why did he do this to me? To us and if that kind of things happening around, how can we make use of our self is a biggest question I have in my mind now.  Please I am sorry for what I have done, forgive me for engaging myself better than others, forgive me for educating the society, forgive me for sharing what I know, and forgive me for what I am capable of which you can not do.